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Gros with lion - Jean the Blind
| Issuer | Luxembourg |
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| Year | 1309-1346 |
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| Currency | Livre Tournois (963-1353) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a large Gothic cross pattée within a beaded inner circle, dividing the design into four quadrants. The cross is rendered in a bold, slightly ornate style typical of 14th-century Luxembourg coinage. An inner legend reading +IO hAN NES REX encircles the cross within the beaded border, identifying the issuer as Johannes (John the Blind), King of Bohemia and Count of Luxembourg. An outer legend +BHDICTV⋮ SIT⋮ NOME⋮ DNI⋮ NRI⋮ DEI⋮ IhV⋮ XPI, the devotional formula 'Blessed be the name of the Lord our God Jesus Christ', runs between the beaded circle and the coin's dentilated outer rim. The lettering is rendered in Gothic uncial characters consistent with Luxembourgish hammered coinage of the period. |
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| Obverse lettering | +IO hAN NES REX (int.) +BHDICTV⋮ SIT⋮ NOME⋮ DNI⋮ NRI⋮ DEI⋮ IhV⋮ XPI (ext.) (Translation: John (the Blind), King Blessed be the name of the Lord) |
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Jean the Blind ruled Luxembourg for nearly four decades despite losing his sight entirely by the mid-1330s — a condition that did nothing to diminish his military ambitions. He died at Crécy in 1346, reportedly charging into the English lines fully aware he could not survive, asking his knights to lead his horse forward so he could strike at least one blow. That campaign was also his last act as count.
The gros coinage of his reign drew heavily on French monetary models circulating through the region, reflecting Luxembourg's deep entanglement with Valois politics. Weiller 64 is among the more frequently encountered varieties of his silver issues.